You get personal style…
…by becoming fluent in your own style language.
I know my personal style, now.
Lisa Maria Pippus
Before some outfits worked. Others not. And I couldn’t articulate why.
When I studied fashion in Toronto and Milan I didn’t know my own style language. Which meant I had no evaluation criteria. If an item was beautiful iI thought it belonged in my closet. I ended up with an overstuffed wardrobe. And stress getting dressed in the morning.
Personal style doesn't start when you open your closet in the morning, get a colour palette or buy new clothes. It starts with awareness of the strengths and values you want to make visible.
Step one of the framework I’ve refined over 25 years, for myself and 1,000+ clients: articulating your own personal style language.
…be taken more seriously.
…experience beauty and craftsmanship.
…express yourself as your body changes.
…communicate more authority and visibility.
…develop an individual professional identity.
Your style language
helps you...
Your style language
makes you more discerning.
You finally have criteria to evaluate visual choices.
To know when an outfit works for you. Or not.
Above images are AI representations.
8+ million style language duos. One is yours.
12 Style Directions from the quiz create 66 possible Duos.
Each Duo has 100 words and you choose three.
= 8+ million Personal Style Script combinations.
You learnt what was acceptable. What not.
Now you get to choose your very own style language.
Since the early 1800s, the suit helped men be taken seriously, communicate authority and visibility, and gain professional identity, not through individual expression but power. Fashion taught women to use dress to express beauty, craftsmanship and a youthful appearance. Your own style language lets you identify the strengths and values you want to make visible.
You inherited a style language.
What’s your current situation?
Which one of these describes you?
✓ I tried French chic formulas but my outfits are not expressive enough.
✓ I had my colors done but can’t combine them into a fabulous outfit.
✓ I have a big day and don’t know how to dress for impact and influence.
✓ I own a beautiful item and don’t know how to create a sophisticated outfit.
✓ My body has changed and don’t know how to be modern but still “me”.
Personal style outfit sessions.
Without defining the result first, you have nothing to measure your choices against. I work like a costume designer on a film set. The desired result is defined in advance. Then we try things on until we achieve it.
After Session One, I propose 1–3 colour changes and 1–3 additional items to try. You buy the items, keep the price tags on and experiment with new combinations. I analyse the results against your Personal Style Script and identify what is working and what needs to change. You experiment again for Session Two. The change is precise as lifting a sleeve by 2 cm, choosing a muted rather than bold colour, or painting an earring to match your top or jacket.
How style language becomes visible.
Client before The Citizen was visible but the Hero was invisible.
Cleint after both Citizen and Hero are visible.
SESSION 2: Outfit Items + Color Proposal
Bold leadership is now visible because of the single color and structured lines. The warmth comes from changing black to beige and through the brick colour. The Passionate lace top is sensual, but not her script word. In her follow-up email she shortened sleeves to a harness the power of fit. New buttons matching jacket colour create clarity. Necklace is her version of a tie, allowing the eye to travel upward.
SESSION 1: Visible Citizen + Invisible Hero
My client’s Citizen was visible through soft, multi-color approachable garments. Prints with distinctly rounded lines communicated sweetness, which was not part of her script. Her outfit missed the structured lines and single color of the Hero.
What you receive in
the personal style
Outfit Sessions
Prior to the session
Discover what your two Style Directions mean to you. Use the 113-page Style Directions Guide and 108-image Imagery Guide to connect your strengths and words to colour, line, shape and texture. Then define the 3 words that become your Personal Style Script.
1: 45 minutes
I analyse 7 outfits against your Personal Style Script to identify what is already visible and what is missing. You receive a concrete outfit-item and colour proposal, the 12 Style Power Codes Guide, homework and the session recording.
Session two: 45 minutes
I analyse 7 new outfits against your Script and the homework you received in Session 1. I review your 4 Style Power Code choices and, against these added criteria, refine the colour, line, shape and texture until your three words are visibly expressed in one coherent outfit. You receive the session recording.
Follow-up
An email with a jpeg of your final outfit version to double-check it fully aligns with your Personal Style Script.
Your Style Language. Made visible in one outfit.
2×45 minutes · €499
After your Outfit Consultation continue.
Learn to make outfit choices yourself.
Continue through the other levels of the Visual Language System™ :
Style Power Codes, Gravitas-Charisma Matrix, Colour dna, Proportion, Key Items Wardrobe Planning.
“Lisa’s 12 Style Power Codes are pure genius!”
“I now own a small, sophisticated and versatile wardrobe.”
“Lisa’s system changed the way I analyse collections and make personal style decisions.”